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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
WEHI164 cells are susceptible to cytotoxicity by soluble recombinant or monocyte-derived TNF alpha, as well as to cell-mediated cytotoxicity by monocytes or lymphocytes. In contrast, K562 cells are resistant to lysis by soluble recombinant or natural TNF alpha, but are killed by monocyte or lymphocyte effector cells. Cell-mediated cytotoxicity against both target cell lines is enhanced by treatment of monocyte effector cells with recombinant interferon gamma or lymphocyte effector cells with interleukin-2. However, treatment of monocytes with LPS, or of lymphocytes with PHA, although inducing secretion of soluble TNF alpha in the medium, does not increase cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Anti-TNF alpha neutralizing antibodies partially inhibit monocyte- as well as lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against WEHI164 and K562 cells. Formaldehyde-fixed effector cells are cytotoxic to both target cell lines. Cytotoxicity by fixed effector cells can be inhibited by anti-TNF alpha antibodies. The extent of cell-mediated cytotoxicity induced by treatment of effector cells with stimulators prior to fixation corresponds to the expression of TNF on monocyte membranes, but not to the titers of secreted TNF. The data suggest that membrane-associated TNF alpha may be a mechanism of human monocyte- as well as lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity, regardless of whether the target cells are sensitive or insensitive to soluble TNF.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-8749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell surface tumor necrosis factor (TNF) accounts for monocyte- and lymphocyte-mediated killing of TNF-resistant target cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Central Research Units, F. Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co., Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article